EP 155: Small Business Owners Get Honest About Fear
b'Underneath their ambitious and confident facades, small business owners experience quite a bit of fear.\\nSince our goal is to bring you honest conversations about what it\\xa0really\\xa0takes to run a small business, we thought it was high time to talk about the fears we all face on a daily basis.\\nWe spoke to 11 small business owners and several themes emerged. These themes were echoed in the conversations we\\u2019ve been having about fear all month long with our\\xa0CoCommercial community.\\nPrefer to read? No problem. Find the entire episode in article form by clicking here.\\nIn this episode, we explore the fear of judgment, the fear of visibility, the fear of not being good enough, the fear of not being worthy, and the fear of giving up control.\\nEach entrepreneur we talked to spotted these fears in different scenarios, things like public speaking, pricing their work, or pivoting a business model. But one thing remained constant:\\nTheir fears never really subsided.\\xa0\\nInstead, they decided to focus on taking action\\u2014and enjoying the results\\u2014instead of dwelling on the fear itself.\\nMaybe you too share the fears that these small business owners face. Maybe your fear or anxiety is fueled by other concerns. As this episode unfolds, I challenge you to find some awareness of the fear you\\u2019re dealing with right now.\\nWhere does it come from?\\nHow is it impacting your day-to-day actions?\\nHow does it affect the way you set goals or make decisions?\\nAnd\\u2026\\nWhat are you going to do about it?\\nThis episode features: Jessica Abel, Lou Blaser, Dr. Michelle Mazur, Stephanie Stiavetti, Mark Maya, Vanessa Ragains, Nat Couropmitree,\\xa0Tzaddi Gordon, Jeff Tyack, Jennyann Carthern, and\\xa0Sarah Li Cain.\\nFor more honest conversations about growing, running, and managing a small business, become a part of the CoCommercial small business network.'